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Moreover, the mismatch between the actual size of the Indian English speech community and the scholarly activity directed at the study of IndE is striking. Hosali explains that strongly transitive verbs used intransitively is a feature which is used 'in a distinctive manner by large numbers of educated Indian speakers of English' p. As an example, he gives us the following sentence: -- We would appreciate if you could send us the details soon. Should IndE be treated as an autonomous language system Verma , ? English is one of the 22 official languages recognized by the Constitution of India. John Benjamins, English in India "[I]n India, those who consider their English to be good are outraged at being told that their English is Indian. English and Rhetoric Professor. Should it be treated as 'normal English' with more or less learner-specific deviations' Schmied ?